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The new Swiss Army Knife just doesn't look like a knife anymore.

lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk — Just as you can't be too rich or too thin, I'd always thought, so you can't have too many tools on your Swiss Army knife - but that was before I took delivery of the new Giant Swiss Army knife. Grotesque, if superbly engineered, the Giant weighs nearly 2lbs and features 85 devices in all.

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  • jkaiser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+55what? no thumb drive?
  • Renshai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+45One of the devices should be another, smaller swiss army knife.
  • MackPrime, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38Sweden is Swedish, Switzerland is Swiss you dunce.
  • adidax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+30Now you don't even need the knife part to defend yourself, just wack the guy over the head with this.
  • nreynolds, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29"You call that a knife? THIS is a knife!"
    "that's a spoon."
    "ah, I see you've played knife-y spoon-y before."

    note: I've made almost that exact comment before, but this deserves it too.
  • tnoy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+27In other news, MacGyver used it to cure cancer.
  • javip, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25are u stoned?
    what the hell does Sweden have to do with any of this
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24thats a manly knife right there
  • Zreitan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24its got like 7 dingus
  • KMehthas, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17I see you've played knifey-spooney before...
  • lostmongoose, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Dammit! They beat me to the intellectual stoning ; ;
  • teckjunkie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14AHHH!! Edward scissor hands!
  • Stonedonkey, on 10/12/2007, -4/+16Ah, nobody's perfect.
  • ThorAx, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15A tool for the real American man.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11I LOVE it when idiots like sweetmartin post that crap. Becuase you just KNOw what they are thinking when they do it. "This is gonna be GREAT! I am going to post an anti-MS comment on a totally unrelated article on Digg. This will get me 50+ votes at least!" Then it gets buried and it makes them rethink their lives.
  • ml7667, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13That defeats the whole purpose of a swiss army knife.
  • CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11You're an idiot. This has nothing to do with windows. Way to look like a foolish fanboy.
  • HouseofEl, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10I don't know why there is such a debate. It's obviously been made as a collector's item and not for practical use.
  • CBTF, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9But while on the topic, who loves IKEA?!
  • impulsiveboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9"If you put to him...the suggestion that his fingernails could do with trimming, he will probably change the subject pretty quickly. The Giant was conceived too late to feature the new Wenger fingernail-clipping tool..."
  • applebyte, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8so at the airport do i have to check that in or will they allow it as carry-on? ;)
  • lawyernheart, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9And I thought I'd be original and post that.
  • friedcalamari, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Why would you need to go to the airport? THAT thing CAN fly you anywhere!
  • tastypastry, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/
    But at $900 no thanks.
  • yourmom, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11The new Swiss Army Knife, is it safe? Are your children using it in school? Who's standing up against it? More at 11.
  • Nickel2388, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Nuh uh thats a spoon!
  • jgruber, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11Yeah, but does it have a knife?
  • kingfoot, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6But I want one!
  • cybercat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Looks like they've been taking lessons from the software industry...
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4People who are a bit more sophisticated than the wine-in-a-box group?
  • Silby, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Being a boy scout, I must say that the best knife is merely "a knife". Who wants to carry around a knife that bulges 2 inches in width? A man I look up to said to me "you can survive simply with a knife and a bandanna." The rest is just luxury.
  • swanny89, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Riiight... This is part of that new Swiss Air Force I've been hearing about.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/tools/8b97/
    Just in case you want to buy one.
  • hoodster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3that's an army knife for asymmetric warfare
  • lilrabbit129, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"Many of you may not have opened chardonnay under fire before.."

    "I don't know but I've been told, chardonnay must be served cold!"
  • wilf_brim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is so over the top excessive, yet so appealing at the same time. I don't know if I want to forget I ever saw it, or get one today. Although if the run is limited it may gain value in the future.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Wow! I can finally have a universal tool to take apart that nuclear sub in my garage.
  • dziban303, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Incidentally, it doesn't weigh "nearly 2 pounds," it weighs 2 pounds 11 ounces.
  • snowpatrol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2No you don't - the knife has a built in pocket =)
  • airship, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They should have made this as a SET of knives of reasonable size, each dedicated to a purpose: camping, everyday, woodworking, electronics, etc. They could have sold it in a nice velvet-padded wooden box as a set for 'completists' and the knives would still have been usable.
  • Gigs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If you read the whole thing, Victorinox bought Wenger last year. They win if you buy the genuine Wenger", and they win if you don't because you like "the original Victorinox" better.

    "Such people will be further irritated to learn that when, in 2005, Wenger overextended itself with an ambitious product launch, Victorinox intervened in brotherly fashion, to acquire the company, preserve the brand and stop it falling into foreign hands."
  • Goombellaofgoom, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Someone needs to make a stop-motion horror film with one of these. If it came to life... it gives me chills just thinking about it.
  • hoodster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2that's an army knife for asymmetric warfare
  • c53x12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't think Wenger really meant this to be a practical tool -- it's more like a proof of concept, or a self-tribute, of the ultimate Swiss Army Tool. That said, I'd like to have one, just to be able to say that my SAT has more blades than yours.
  • knodi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1wtf is that.
  • adidax, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@ Densetsu
    "People who are a bit more sophisticated than the wine-in-a-box group?"

    I doubt those people would be using a swiss-army knife to open their wine.
  • NiNiCraftOne, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ginsu!

    "Tin can, then a shoe, then a tomato sliced so thin you can practically see through it!"
  • archemedes, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A laser pointer? Why can't I get one with a blowtorch?
  • AhmedB, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And where exactly is the knife? how big of a pocket do you need to carry it in? unless you will be walking around with it in your hand....
    Previous ones were much smaller and more usable, this can replace the toolbox in the garage.
  • dasunst3r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now how these folks could bring this thing to practicality is to add the ability to split this little stinker into several "sub-Swiss Army knives."
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